Box and process of manufacture thereof.



E. CRAIG.

BOX AND PROCESS OFMANUFACTURE THEREOF.

APPLICATION FILED APR-24,1916.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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Specification of Lettersreterit. y Patented Dec, 12,1916,

Application filed April 24, 1916. Serial Ne. 93,066.

jBe' itfknown'that I, EDWARD CRAIG, a. citi- -zen of the United Statesof America; and a resident of St. Joseph, Berrien county, Mich- I igan,have invented a certainnew and useful Improvementin Boxes'and Processesof .Manufacture Thereof, of which theifo-llowfingis a specification.

' provided for rein-forcingthe ends along the edges thereof,jlas;byproviding the cleatsandbinding-wires; such as, theordinary or, wellknjown WiIB bOLlIld boxes tion is to, provide an" improved; constructionand arrangement, and an improved cor novel process of YInanufactl'ir'e,- j whereby some of the cleatsare first .fastened to oneor more.

' My invention, relates to boxes of that kind in which the four sidesare secured to rec tangular end wallst and" in which means are of thebox same with Generally stated the object of-Einy v invens tsecti'onsofthelbox-blank while other cleats blank can then be fastened so thatthe cleatswhich 'are'first fastened to H are the box blank thuspartially" reinforced by' cleats can then be. foldedaroundthe'endwalls-which are also partially reinforced-by fastened to theend-walls, and :whereby cleats,gand whereby'the cleats of thebox- V theend-walls can" afterward-be fastened to' the sectionsof the blank whichwere 'not'provided'withcleats, thus making it possible to have theend-walls reinforced by cleats be-.

fore they 7 are fastened' "to.- the box-blank,

' box-blank of such length that'the oppositefwhichis espec1allyadvantage'ous'when each as Irate strips of 'sheet-materi'al, and therebyend-wall s composed of two or more sep'a:

making "it possible to have the cleats of the ends of each cleat areeven with theedges of tofore"-co ns the. nianufacture of boxes of thisclass.

To the foregoing and'other useful ends,-

' myfinve'nt'ion consists inmattershereinafter the sheet-material towhich they are attached, 1 which isalso advantageous in various ways,

aswill"hereinafter-more fully appear;

It isia'lso an .object-rto provide an. .1111

proved'lconstruction and arran,'g ;enientand process of manufacturewhich will obviate set forth and claimed;

In the accompanying drawings z Figure 1 is a perspective of a box-blankembodyingthe principles ofmyimvention; Fig.2 is a to the end walls,

the center with v having blunt endsfbut the cleatslfl and 13 iderednecessary or desirable "in fastened by staples or terial of the sections2 and 40f the blank,

perspective ofa boa-end embodyingthe prin- 1 ciples' of my invention.view of a box constructed in accordance with my invention." Fig. 4 is avertical section on line H-in Fig. 3.. Fig. 5 is a perspective of saidbox.

AS thus" illustrated, m invention comprises a box blank A having fourbox-sidesections 1 2, v3 and nected together by the parallelbinding-wires 5,6 and -7 secured to'the outer surface thereof bystaples. On its inner surface said box 4! which are flexiblyconblank isreinforcedat the sideedges thereof 1 by cleats Sand 9'secured',respectively, to the sections 1 and 3, so that each of these sections isprovided with 'a 'cleat at each sideedge of the blank; These cleats are'each pro vided atopposite ends with, a tongue 10 and a groove 11-, andtheends of these cleats are exactly even'with and 3, it being understoodthat all of these the edges of the sections l box sidessectio'ns aremade of veneer orother sheet material. V

The, staples which .hold the wires 5 and Tin place serve also-to securethe 1 cleats 8 and 9"t0 the under or -inner side of the blank.

Each box-end wall :B'is provided'attwo edges thereof y a shorter cleat14. the latter withcleats 12 andlg and at' being provided with a'tongue-andf-groove formation previously describedf withg this.construction, the end-wall m y be composed "of two orhiore-separatestrips bfof veneer or other sheet material, inasmuch as the cleats 12;13 and 14 or at. least the cleat'lt,

will serve; as battens or. binding-members to hold the' seVeral stripstightly together be-- forethese end-walls are-incorporated in the box. II j l" The method vof combining the box-blank with end-walls is asfollows: The cleats 8 are adjusted inposition to interlock withthecleats 12 and 13,

t and folded fiatwise against thecleats 13, after the section2 is thenwhich the section 3 is folded to bring thecleat's 9 into interlockingengagement with" the. lower ends of the cleats 12 and13, as I shown inFig.3; thusf'forming arectangular box with an open cover. The cleats 8'and!) any suitable manner, toof the endwalls, andithe cleats 12 and 13are nails to the sheet-ma- 'are thenfastened by staples or nails, or nthe sheet rnatjerial but the section 4 is, of course, not thus fastenedin place until after the box is filled, as this section forms thebox-cover. The opposite ends of the wires 5, 6 and 7 are then twistedtogether, in the manner shown, to form three practically continuousbindingmembers around the box.

lVith the foregoing construction, the edges of sections 2 and 4 overlapthe edges of sections 1 and 3, as shown in Fig. 3, thus forming tightcorners, for the box, notwithstanding that the ends of the cleats 8 and9 are even or flush with the edges of the sections 1 and, 3. As some ofthecleats are fastened to the end-walls before the latter fastening theblank to the cleats of the endwalls. The staples for the wires 5, 6 and7 may be clenched on the under or inner surface of the box-side-sections2 and 4: in any suitable manner. Thus some cleats are fastened to one ormore but not all of the sections of the box-blank, while one or -more ofthe box-blank-sections are not provided with cleats. This results in ablank which is easily folded, and which can only fold in As the centercleats 1 L the correct manner. are usually necessary in boxes of thiskind, 1t is very easy and requlres practically no moretime to fasten thecleats 12 and 13 to the box-end during the same operation, so that thethree cleats are secured in place at the same time.

With the foregoing construction, it is also obvious that thefoldable-blank and the end walls can be combined without any stapling ornail'ngthat is to say, the'blank can be folde around the end-walls, andthe box can then be filled, without having stapled o'r nailed theend-Walls in place, and the ends of the binding-wires can then betwisted together. Thus, the box can be shipped in a knocked-downcondition, can be assembled and filled without any stapling or nailing,the twisting of the ends of the bindingwires together constituting theonly means for holdlng the box in shape. In this wayafter the box isopened [and the contents thereof are removed, the blank and the endwallscan then be knocked down and returned in a flat condition. Thus aflexible blank is made by securing the parallel binding members to theoutside thereof, to flex ibly connect together the several box sidesections, and parallel rows of cleats are secured to the inside of theblank, but with gaps left in said rows, whereby the blank is onlypartially cleat-reinforced before it is secured to the other cleatswhich are there after used I to fill said gaps in the rows. Preferably,these gaps are opposite each other, as shown, and preferably the cleats12 and'13 are secured to the end walls B before these cleats are usedfor filling in the gaps left in the rows of cleats on the blank; but forthe broader purposes of my invention I do not, of course, limit myselfto the exact construction, nor to the exact method or process shown anddescribed.

VVha-t I claim as my invention is 1. A foldable box-blank comprising aplurality of box-side-sections composed of sheet-material and flexiblyconnected to-' gether by binding-members extending par-' allel on theouter surface of the blank and beyond the end thereof and having onlyone but not all of said box-side-sections provided with cleats on theinner surface of the box-blank.

2. A foldable-box-b-lank comprising a plurality of box-side-sectionscom-posed of sheet-material and flexibly connected together bybinding-members extending parallel on the outer surface thereof andhaving sheet-material and flexibly connected together bybinding-membersextending parallel on the outer surface thereof andhaving some but not all of said box-side-sections provided with cleatson the inner surface of the box-blank, saidcleat-reinforcedbox-side-sections being two in number, and

there being the same number of box-sidesections which are not thusreinforced, and said cleats having their opposite ends even with theedges of the sheet-material, said'- box-side-sections beingspaced apartto allow the edges thereof to overlap at the corners of the box in themanner shown and de scribed.

4. Means to forma cleat-reinforced-box,

comprising a foldable blank having only two of the box-side-sectionsthereof reinforced by cleats, and box-ends having cleats for at t onscomprising sheet-material the edges of some of to said blank.

which are even. with the opposite ends of said cleats thereof, and saidbox-ends comprising sheet-material the edges of which are flush with theends and outer sides of the cleats secured} thereto.

6. Means to form a cleat-reinforced-box, comprising a foldable blankhaving only two of the box-side-sections thereof reinforced by cleats,and box-ends having cleats for attachment to the box-side-sections whichare not tl'lllSjiIGlHfOI'CGd, said box-sidesections being separate andprovided with binding-wires byf which they are flexibly connectedtogether.

7. The process of making a box having cleats at the ends thereof, whichcomprises the making of a flexible blank by connecting together thesections thereof and securing said cleats thereto, leaving one or moresections of the blank without cleats, making box-ends by securing theremaining cleats thereto'so that each box-end is provided with cleatsonly at certain edges thereof, folding the blank a-roundsaid box-ends,securing the cleatsof the blank to said boxends, and securing the cleatsof the box-ends 8. The process of making a box, which comprises themaking of a flexible blank by connecting together the sections thereofand securing'some of said cleats thereto, leaving one or more sectionsof the blank without cleats, making box-ends by securing .the remainingcleats thereto so that each boxend is provided with cleats only atcertain edgesthereof, folding the blank around said box-ends, securingthe cleats ,of the blank to said box-ends, and securing the cleats ofthe box-ends to-said blank, the making of the blank including theattachment of bindingwires to flexibly connect together the previouslyunconnected sections .thereof.

9. The process of making a box, which comprises the making of a flexibleblank by connecting together the sections thereof and securing some ofsaid cleats thereto, leaving one or more sectionsof the blank withoutcleats, making box-ends by securing theremaining cleats thereto so thateach box-end is provided with cleats only at certain edges thereof,folding he blank around said boxends, securing the cleats of the blankto said box-ends, and securing the cleats of the boxends to said 7involving the separation of the edges of the sections the positioning ofthe opposite ends of-the cleats thereof-even with some of said edges. 7y

10. Abox-end having cleats disposed on the outer surface thereof andsecured thereto at opposite edges only, flush with said edges, andhaving spaces between the ends of I said cleats at the other edgesthereof.

j 11. A box-end having cleats secured thereto at'opposite edges only,having spaces beblank, themaking of the blank.

tween the ends of said cleats at the other edges thereof, and fourbox-side-sections two of which have cleats to occupy said spaces and theother two of which. are adapted for attachment to the cleats on thebox-end.

12. A box-end having cleats secured thereto at opposite edges only,having spaces between the ends of said cleats at the other edgesthereof, and four box-side-sections two of which have cleats to occupysaid spaces and the other two of which are adapted for attachment to thecleats on the box-end, said cleats having ends which are even with theedges of the box-end, and a shorter cleat in the middle of the box-end.

13. The process of making a box having cleats at the ends thereof, whichcomprises the making of a flexible blank by connecting together thesections thereof and securing blank.

some of said cleats thereto, leaving one or more sections of the blankwithout cleats,

making box-ends by securing the remaining cleats thereto so that eachbox-end is provided with cleats only at certain edges thereof, foldingthe blank around said boxends, causing the cleats of the blank to alternate with and engagethe cleats of the boxends.

14. Means to comprising a foldable blank having the boxside-sectionsthereof reinforced by parallel longitudinal rows of cleats, with gaps insaid rows, and box-ends having cleats to fill the gaps in said rows.

15. Means to form a. cleat-reinforced-box comprising a foldable blankhaving the boxside-sections thereof reinforced by parallel longitudinalrows of cleats, with gaps in said rows, and box-ends having cleats tofill the gaps in said rows, said cleats being formed withtongue-and-groove ends to interlock and thereby hold said box-ends inplace.

16. The process of'making a box having cleats at the ends thereof, whichcomprises the making of afiexible blank by connecting together thesections thereof and securing some of said cleats thereto, makingbox-ends by securing the remaining cleats thereto so that each box-endis provided with cleats only at certain ed ges thereof, folding theblank around said box-ends, securing the cleats of the blank to saidbox-ends, and securing the cleats of the box-ends to said 17. Theprocess of making a box having .blank around said box-ends,

cleatsat the ends thereof, which comprises the making of a flexibleblank by connecting together the sections thereof and securing some ofsaid cleats thereto, making box-ends by securing the remaining cleatsthereto so that each box-end is, provided with cleats only at certainedges thereof, folding the causing the form a cleat-reinforced-boxvcleats of the blank to alternate with and engage the cleats of thebox-ends.

18. The process 01": making a wire-bound box having cleats at the endsthereof which comprises the making of a flexible blank by securingparallel continuous binding Wires to the outside of thebox-side-sections, to flexibly connect the sections together and providethe encircling wire binding for the box, and securing some of saidcleats to the inside of the blank, thereb; forming parallel rows ofcleats with gaps therein, and thereafter securing the remaining cleatsin said gaps and closing the .ends of the box with end Walls.

19. Means to form a cleat-reinfo-rced-box comprising a foldable blankhaving the boxside-sec-tions thereof reinforced by parallel longitudinalrows of cleats, with gaps in said rows, and end-Walls to close the endsof the box and other cleats to fill the gaps in said rows.

Signed by me at Chicago,' Illinois, this 22nd day of April, 1916.

EDWARD CRAIG.

It. is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,208,297, grantedDecember 12, 1916, upon the application of Edward Craig, of St. Joseph,Michigan, for an improvement in Boxes and Processes of ManufactureThereof," an error appears in the printed specification requiringcorrection as follows: Page 2, line 84, claim 1, after the word "0110insert the words or more; and that the said Letters Patent should beread with this correction therein that the same may conform to therecord of the case in the Patent Ofiice.

Signed and sealed this 6th day of February, A. D., 1917.

[BELL] R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patcnh. Cl. 217-12

